# Philip Brady

> Philip Brady is a seed investor at GoAhead Ventures backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [GoAhead Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goahead-ventures)
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philbrady
- Website: https://x.com/Phil_Brady_
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phil.brady.39

Philip Brady is a seed investor at GoAhead Ventures in Palo Alto focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Philip Charles Brady is based out of Menlo Park, California and is the Managing Partner of GoAhead Ventures. Philip previously worked at Copernican Solutions as a CEO & Founder. Philip Charles Brady attended the Stanford University. Philip Charles Brady has been awarded the Forbes 30 Under 30 - Venture Capital.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 43% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 29% |
| Solar | 1 | 14% |
| Energy | 1 | 14% |
| FinTech | 1 | 14% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 57% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 43% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 57% |
| Canada | 2 | 29% |
| India | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Butler | Streamline your workflow with AI-powered summaries, contextual chat, a native meeting bot and more, all in one place. | $867.6K | Pre-Seed | Oct 23, 2024 |  |
| Butler | Streamline your workflow with agentic automations, contextual chat, lightning-fast search and a native meeting bot, all in one place. | $850K | Pre-Seed | Oct 23, 2024 |  |
| ZenPrivata | ZenPrivata is a privacy-focused startup that has launched a privacy platform. The company was founded by George Wrenn and Scott Schlimmer. |  | Seed | Mar 28, 2023 |  |
| Vistim Labs | Vistim Labs is a MedTech diagnostic company that helps to detect, treat, and track neurological disorders. The company offers a brain scan for high-precision measurement of cognition function and treatment efficacy. | $807K | Seed | Mar 01, 2023 |  |
| Atmos AI | Our innovative DIY platform has transformed the way middle-market companies manage and report their ESG data, making the process more efficient and accessible. Our journey took a significant leap forward when WAP Sustainability Consulting acquired us in early 2024. | $1.7M | Seed | Aug 18, 2022 |  |
| Winko Solar | Winko Solar provides USB power, lighting, and internet to rural regions in Africa at an affordable price while creating local jobs. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 10, 2021 |  |
| DigiSparsh | DigiSparsh is a fintech-focused on healthcare lending. DigiSparsh offers lending solutions including insurance receivable financing, supplier financing and patient financing to the entire value chain of the healthcare ecosystem. |  | Seed | Jun 22, 2021 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Script Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/122-west-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [701 Angel Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/701-angel-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Audeo Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/audeo-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Beresford Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beresford-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Capital A](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-a-5a4d) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [New Climate Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-climate-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About GoAhead Ventures

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

GoAhead Ventures is an early stage Venture Capital fund based in Silicon Valley. As a startup ourselves, we are always looking to innovate and break the Venture Capital mold. We are a people-first fund and as such we like to cover a lot of ground and meet talented founders from across the globe. Check out our website to submit your pitch to ourmanaging partners, this is the first step for all founders that we meet. All 3 of our managing partners review every submission, and from there we give founders a NEXT DAY decision after a partner pitch! We have begun deploying from our new fund and we lead ~40 deals per year.

3 contacts available at GoAhead Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Clancey Stahr | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clancey-stahr |
| Philip Brady | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/phil-brady |
| Takeshi Mori | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/takeshi-mori |

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## FAQ

### What does Philip Brady invest in?

Philip Brady invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Solar startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Philip Brady last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Philip Brady closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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